How much did the Blessed Virgin Mary know about Jesus? The Catholic Church teaches that the Holy Spirit revealed to Mary the knowledge of the divinity of Christ and His incarnation, from the beginning ...

Because I was raised in a conservative evangelical church and now work alongside women in pastoral roles at an ecumenical nonprofit, I have consumed a plethora of books about the role of women in ...

"Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’" (John 14:6). This Bible verse comes from the Gospel of John, one of the four gospel ...

On the surface level, Jesus Christ and Dionysus are probably the last divine figures you would compare, as they seem ...

Islam does get a number of things right about Jesus.

Penal substitution is a theory of the atonement that says God literally punished Jesus on the Cross. This theory is problematic because one cannot justly punish an innocent person, and Jesus was ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

This is one of those times when if we listen carefully to the readings, we discover that the Gospel, especially what I'm talking about, is not a historical document really. It's not a biography of ...

We all want to pray well, and so it's important to listen carefully how Jesus instructs us today. He's teaching us how to pray. The first thing he teaches is very clear in that parable about the widow ...

"Jesus absolutely treated women differently than the prevailing religious authorities of his time," author Mary Demuth says. RNS: You say that Jesus’ interactions with women were “shocking considering ...